A social studies assignment that 11th-grader Justin Bernstein received while he was in the seventh grade at Fox Lane Middle School has today turned into a $40,000 windfall for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

All of the money raised is due to Justin’s tireless efforts to help raise awareness of the disease, which currently afflicts about 250,000 Americans, including a good friend of Justin’s. MD is a group of genetic, degenerative diseases primarily affecting voluntary muscles. The 17-year-old came up with the fundraising idea after his social studies teacher at Fox Lane, Erin Filner, asked that the class think of ways to make the world a better place, based upon the premise of the movie “Pay It Forward.” (more…)

The Harvey School ran its record to 9-1 with a league victory over NYMA 15-4. The winning pitcher was Tre Wilson. David Judisky had five RBI’s for Harvey.

Seventeen students from The Harvey School earned awards for their performance on the National Latin Exam, an annual test that assesses their comprehension of Latin, its history and its culture.

The exam, which is administered worldwide by the American Classical League and the National Junior Classical League, is open to students enrolled in Latin or have completed a Latin course in the months leading up to the exam.
All of the exams include a series of multiple-choice questions on grammar, comprehension, mythology, life history, and derivatives.
Students who received Certificates of Achievement on the Introduction to Latin exam included sixth-graders Felipe Deihle, Mike Meehan, Quinn Schoen, and Kyle Williams; Zachary Bamford, a seventh-grade student; and eighth-graders Morgan Greenwald and William Schubert.

Students earning recognition on the Latin I exam were seventh-graders Ben Longson and Fiona Magliari, and eighth-graders Katherine Kessler and Tim McGee, who all received cum laude awards; Samantha Rettie, another eighth-grader, received the magna cum laude award, and ninth-grader Lydia Williams received the gold summa cum laude award.

Students receiving awards based on their performance in the Latin II exam included eighth-grader Natalia St. Lawrence, who received the cum laude award, and Emma Solomon and Chloe Gbai, who both received magna cum laude awards.

Gabbi Bertone, an 11th-grader, received the cum laude award in the Latin IV poetry exam.

The Harvey School Early Music Ensemble will present their spring concert on Sunday, May 18th, at 4:00 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre in the Arts Center. The ensemble will perform music from five centuries beginning with Gregorian Chant and closing with the United States premiere of the original version of Scott Joplin’s “Ragtime Dance”. Other featured selections will be three scenes from “The Beggar’s Opera” [a Baroque period musical comedy], early colonial American songs and dances, and music from the time of the American Civil War.

The 36 member ensemble includes singers, instrumentalists and dancers from both the upper and middle schools. Susan Daily is director of the ensemble and Melanie Gambino is the ensemble’s historical dance choreographer.

On April 22 The Harvey school tennis team traveled to the Wooster School to take on the always tough Wooster team. Ben Shapiro and Robbie Reeder started things off with convincing 10-1 and 10-2 victories. After a tough losses at #3, 5 and 6 singles it was up to Justin Bernstein to keep us in the match. After a tense back and forth match, Justin through grit and determination pulled off an 11-9 victory. Needing two victories in doubles, our #1 and #2 doubles teams consisting of Ben Shapiro, Carlo Civita, Robbie Reeder, and Matt Bernhard pulled off solid victories to send us to a 5-4 victory. We remained unbeaten in league play at 4-0. (more…)

On April 21, the Cavaliers traveled to the Masters school in NY and beat them 8-3, bringing home their fourth win in a row and rising to 5-2 on the season.  Missing two seniors didn’t phase the Cavaliers as they faced off against a tireless Masters squad.  Things were dicey in the first quarter as Master’s pulled ahead 3-2, however, it was the only lead they would have all game.  During the rest of the game strong defense by Spencer Wiesner, Greg Hennings, and Jake Warshaw was able to shut down the Masters’ offensive line.  Offensive support for the Cavaliers came from multiple sources as Harvey had six players adding goals and assists.  Leading scorers for the game include Justin Edelstein (2 goals, 2 assists), Pete Sorenson (2 goals, 1 assist), Devin McCrossan (1 goal, 1 assist), Sean O’Brien (1 goal, 1 assist), and Eli Campbell (2 goals)

On April 24, the Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse team traveled to the Forman School and lost 12-2.  Dana Lombardi got a goal and an assist from Julie Sauro.  Also, Carey Seefeld got an assist by Dana Lombardi. Harvey’s goalie Caitlin Costa had a total of 11 saves.  The score at halftime was 8-1